There are four full colour A1 vocabulary posters in the pack. Each poster is also available as a single unit.
The posters introduce core Foundation Phase themes and vocabulary words:
* A1 size is 60cm x
84cm
NUMBERS; DAYS OF THE WEEK
- numbers from 1-one to 10-ten in numerals and in words
- names of the days of the week
- concepts of day and night
Ideas for activities
- Learners can count to . (Every day have a different total.)
- Learners can count backwards from . (Every day have a different number.)
- Learners can do simple sums using number bonds up to 10. Learners come up and show the answer on the poster.
- Cover the number word and/or the numeral and/or the dots. Learners say or write the missing component(s).
- Ask: What day comes before ? What day comes after ? What day comes between and ?
- Ask: What do you do on a ?
- Explain that each day is made up of one day and one night. Ask: What do you do during the day / at night?
- Clap out syllables in words.
- Find words with matching initial sounds.
SHAPES AND COLOURS
- names of shapes
- names of colours
- matching shapes to real objects in the environment
Ideas for activities
- Ask: What kinds of things are ? (Choose a different colour every day.) Learners can draw pictures of objects that have that specific colour.
- Learners can cut out pictures of objects that have a specific colour from old magazines, newspapers, advertising brochures, etc.
- Ask: What do you notice about this shape? (e.g. a square has four equal sides, a triangle has three sides, a circle is round like a ball, a rectangle has two long sides and two short sides, etc.)
- Ask: What can you see around you that is a shape?
- Learners can match 2D shapes to 3D shapes (e.g. square-box, circle-ball, triangle-cone)
MONTHS OF THE YEAR, SEASONS AND WEATHER
- names of the months of the year
- names of the seasons
- words describing the weather
- words describing temperature
Ideas for activities
- Learners can identify the weather every day.
- Learners can identify the temperature every day.
- Learners should identify and learn the name of each new month. Talk about any special events that take place during that month (learners birthdays, public holidays, etc.).
- Learners can draw a picture and write a label/caption/sentence showing what they like about, or like to do in each season.
- Learners can draw and/or cut out pictures showing clothing for different seasons.
- Discuss with learners: How do plants and trees change in the different seasons?
- Ask: What do we like to eat and drink when its hot/cold?
MY FACE AND FEELINGS
- names of the parts of the face
- words describing feelings
Ideas for activities
- Learners can draw and label their own faces.
- Ask: How many (body parts) do we have? (one/two/ten?)
- Ask: What do we do with our (body part)?
- Ask: How do you feel today?
- Learners can say and/or write a sentence about the girls expression in each picture, explaining why she feels that way.
* A1 size is 60cm x 84cm